Registered Nurse

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Chelmsford is looking for a talented Registered Nurse to join their Acute Medical Unit. The role involves delivering safe and effective care in a high-energy environment. You will lead patient admissions, manage medicines, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient transitions. A strong background in emergency care and proactive discharge planning is essential. Join a dynamic team dedicated to excellent patient care and staff development within a supportive organization.

Qualifications

• Must have a Registered Nurse qualification and experience in a clinical setting.
• Ability to respond quickly to changing clinical needs is essential.
• Experience in emergency care or acute settings is important.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the admission process for patients.
• Contribute to medicines management and proactive discharge planning.
• Provide hands-on care for acutely unwell patients.

Skills

Patient care

Emergency care response

Team collaboration

Medicines management

Discharge planning

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Acute Medical Unit Registered Nurse

The Acute Medical Unit is a high-energy, fast-paced assessment environment with 48 bedded spaces, supported by a busy Same Day Emergency Care Clinic operating 7 days a week. As a Registered Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and well-organised care, consistently striving for the highest standards. As part of our Emergency Village, you'll also be instrumental in promoting and supporting patient flow across departments, helping ensure every patient receives timely and seamless care.

In this role, you will be at the heart of patient care and flow within the Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care service. Your responsibilities will be varied, fast-paced, and deeply rewarding:

• Leading and supporting the full admission process, ensuring patients are welcomed and assessed efficiently.
• Playing an active role in medicines management to support safe and effective treatment.
• Contributing to proactive discharge planning to support patient flow and timely transitions of care.
• Providing hands-on care to acutely unwell patients, responding quickly and confidently to changing clinical needs.
• Delivering urgent or emergency care and supporting investigations to aid rapid diagnosis and treatment.
• Working closely with the Nurse in Charge to maintain smooth and effective flow through the unit.
• Collaborating with a wide range of multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated, holistic patient care.
• Taking part in the running of our Same Day Emergency Care clinic, supporting patients who require rapid assessment and treatment.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust. With a dedicated AMU workforce of around 100 staff, including five experienced Senior Sisters and an on-site Clinical Educator, you'll be joining a well-supported and highly motivated team. Our nurses and healthcare assistants work collaboratively, championing excellent patient care and fostering a positive, dynamic environment where you will be welcomed, developed, and valued.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population. Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.